crescent

1. 1.

   any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

   Broadercurve

1. 1.

   resembling the new moon in shape

   Synonymscrescent-shapedsemilunarlunate

   Similarrounded

Other forms of crescent

plural

crescents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crescent

What does crescent mean?

crescent means "any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crescent?

crescent has 2 syllables: cres-cent. The stress falls on "cres". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɛsənt/.

What is another word for crescent?

Close synonyms include crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crescent a common word?

crescent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.